Police: Trailer falls on top of mechanic

Shop employees and Amarillo police investigate the scene after a 28-year-old mechanic was trapped under a trailer when the jack slipped causing life-threatening injuries. The man was working under a belly-dump trailer when hydraulic jack slipped and fell on the man's pelvis, trapping him. The incident occurred at 1909 S.E. Third Ave.

Shop employees and Amarillo police investigate the scene after a 28-year-old mechanic was trapped under a trailer when the jack slipped causing life-threatening injuries. The man was working under a belly-dump trailer when hydraulic jack slipped and fell on the man's pelvis, trapping him. The incident occurred at 1909 S.E. Third Ave.

Shop employees and Amarillo police investigate the scene after a 28-year-old mechanic was trapped under a trailer when the jack slipped causing life-threatening injuries. The man was working under a belly-dump trailer when hydraulic jack slipped and fell on the man's pelvis, trapping him. The incident occurred at 1909 S.E. Third Ave.

A 28-year-old mechanic suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday after a tractor-trailer fell on him while he was working under it, Amarillo police said.

About 11:30 a.m., police responded to an accident call at a garage at 1909 S.E. Third Ave., police said. A man was working under the rear of a belly-dump truck when the jack holding the trailer slipped and the trailer fell on top of the man’s pelvis, police said. Another man replaced the jack and lifted the trailer off of the victim, police said.

The man was transported to a local hospital and was talking coherently with responders, police said.